Chain it up

Is the Met’s new ‘Be Safe’ cam­paign, (lock­ing bikes to de­ter thieves), en­cour­ag­ing us to bump the bike on to the pave­ment and chain it to a piece of street fur­ni­ture in a non-des­ig­nated bike park­ing zone? This is a sen­si­ble idea, a bit like we use to do in the old days. Sadly a park­ing ticket may re­sult. Guy Allen, email Ed – You would in­deed get a ticket in Lon­don but should be OK in other parts of the UK